#C9D52E#C9D52E

#C9D52E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.176 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9D52E
RGB	rgb(201, 213, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 78.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -22.98, 73.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 77.40, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0713 0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.176 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3763, 60.2043, 11.6565)
Luminance	0.6020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9D52E #3A2ED5

analogous

#D58D2E #C9D52E #76D52E

triadic

#C9D52E #2EC9D5 #D52EC9

tetradic

#C9D52E #2ED58D #3A2ED5 #D52E76

square

#C9D52E #2ED58D #3A2ED5 #D52E76

split-complementary

#C9D52E #2E76D5 #8D2ED5

monochromatic

#6B7217 #9BA521 #C9D52E #D6DF61 #E3E994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C9D52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#C9D52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9D52E

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9D52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9D52E	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9d52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 213, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.176 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde176',
    500: '#c9d52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9d52e;
$custom-light: #dde176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9d52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.311,
    "s": 66.534,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83652,
    "c": 0.17595,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9D52E

secondary

#322D7B

accent

#3EE94B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9D52E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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